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failnaut @failnaut.bsky.social · 6h

it genuinely crushes me to see chip and pin machines in UK healthcare

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Kim Wincen @wincenworks.bsky.social · 6h

Main driver seems to be that OpenAI needs more money from outside the AI funding circle.

Softbank, who was supposed to fund them for the next 5 years, is struggling to find more money.

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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning Bluesky !

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SLAM JOHNSON @mlyp.bsky.social · 6h

you should sub to my patreon you get videos a few days early, progress updates when I remember to write them and also music stems and art stuff

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Kim Wincen @wincenworks.bsky.social · 10h

a man with a ponytail is holding a sword in his right hand

ALT: a man with a ponytail is holding a sword in his right hand

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 13h

Booted up the Industria 2 demo and immediately this hallway alone had me feeling some type of way.

Concept art of G-Man standing in a hallway suspended in time in Half-Life 2: Episode 2

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 13h

futurism.com/future-socie...

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.

futurism.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

This Place Has The Juice, Blood Of Christ edition

Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
How about not shoving your cult down our throats. Deal ?
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Ben B. @abominaldrvibes.bsky.social • 1h
I'm agnostic
Dave the Atheist @davetheatheist.bs... • 1h
Which gods are you agnostic about ?
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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 19h

Walked out of a movie to news of Diane Keaton passing away and I don’t even know what to say. One of the most important actresses to me personally, someone whose career and style has influenced my own deeply. We were so lucky to have her.

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 14h

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Kim Wincen @wincenworks.bsky.social · 13h

The strange case of Woody Allen becoming the successor to Henry Kissinger.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 18h

HOW THE FUCK IS DIANE KEATON DEAD BUT THAT OLD BITCH WOODY ALLEN STILL ALIVE???

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 18h

HOW THE FUCK IS DIANE KEATON DEAD BUT THAT OLD BITCH WOODY ALLEN STILL ALIVE???

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 14h

Listen sometimes the situation simply requires a Catholic

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i love that 17th century jewish poltergeist story where the family living in the haunted house calls a catholic priest for help before they contact a rabbi, because yeah, i think that would be my call too; id be like, oh? a demon in my house speaking latin and drawing inverted crosses on my wall in sulfuric bile? then without even questioning my faith i'd call up the catholic church and be like yo father, one of your boys loose come get him

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 15h

66%! TWO-THIRDS FUNDED, folks!

Back "Rigsby Wi Book 2: Burn it Down" on Kickstarter! You can still snag cool add-ons, like a commission from creator @secase.bsky.social!

ebooks of this Eisner and Ignatz nominee start at just $8!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Rigsby WI - Volume 2: Burn It Down, by SE Case

The second volume of SE Case's Eisner-nominated webcomic about the brutal disaster of being a teen in the early 2000s!

www.kickstarter.com

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 14h

#nzpol

Drake meme regarding the awful government in Aotearoa New Zealand.

"Fair pay for Doctors, Nurses & Teachers

$12bn on "Defence" and space weapons"

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Princess Weekes @princesmweekes.bsky.social · 11d

The new video is finally out! 1/6 finally finished. Really excited to see the conversations around this one and already having interesting discussions about Frieren. Now my reward is one hour of uninterrupted Hades II

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQh6...

The Problem with Fantastical Racism

YouTube video by Princess Weekes

www.youtube.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 15h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Wooww
Hi, for those who don't know, it doesn't matter one single iota if your project is "free". You do not have the rights to use art you find and distribute it. That's literally what licensing is for.
Your circumstance and goal has nothing to do with whether you are allowed to use anyone's art.

Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 1d

NO. IT. IS. NOT.
#art #ttrpg

Screencap from reddit.

"sorry I caught you off guard with the post. In the dnd homebrew space it isn't standard practice to gen in contact with artists for incorporation their work, provided that they are adequately credited and that the homebrew work is available for free, both of which are the case here."

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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 15h

youtu.be/WOnA7B1lSPw?...

AI companies .00002 seconds after...

YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing

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