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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 14h

I might have to get this in poster form.

Democracy lover @spottie999.bsky.social · 17h

Frogs united will never be defeated!!

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Matt @stanmanx.bsky.social · 5d

“My Therapist is My Truck” will be the next big single in country music

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 6d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 6d

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 9d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Spirit Halloween Dani 🎃 (REINSTATE LINK) @djamiempls.meatjacker.social · 11d

Okay so I forgot I did cash app borrow and someone sent me the funds through. Cash app and Cash app stole it as a partial overdue payment 😭
I still owe $40ish on there to not have it do that to me anymore

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11d

this is absolutely my favorite protest innovation of 2025

"my opponents are violent antifa extremist terrorists"

"your opponents are dressed as giant inflatable frogs"

solid fuck you to the pepe crowd too

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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SlacktivistFred @slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 11d

Cops wearing riot gear all the time, everywhere is just SO WEIRD. It’s the equivalent of walking around in a wet suit or, like, wearing a football helmet in the supermarket. Outside of an extremely specific context, it’s just a ridiculous outfit.

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 13d

what was health insurance

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Matt @stanmanx.bsky.social · 16d

Ooh, I found a way to save eight bucks a month!

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Matt @stanmanx.bsky.social · 18d

did they survey 3 OpenAI employees? 🤨

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 21d

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Generative AI

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...

www.wheresyoured.at

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Matt @stanmanx.bsky.social · 27d

I’m so excited to give it to her! I’m sure she’s going to love it 😁

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Matt @stanmanx.bsky.social · 28d

Gift for my almost 7-year-old niece! Art by @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social

Prints of the 3 main characters from K-Pop Demon Hunters in a single frame

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · Sep 21

The way I look at it, there are three outcomes to debating a fascist:

1. You win. The fascist learns from his loss and does better next time.
2. It's a draw. The fascist claims victory, and his supporters believe in him more.
3. You lose. People are persuaded to become fascists.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Aug 27

an appropriate response to your product killing a child after months of psychological manipulation and torture is to take the product off the market before it kills again and the fact that this isn’t universally accepted right now is incredibly frightening