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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 6d

No, I'm afraid not.

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 6d

Smells a bit Musky, doesn't it?

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 8d

And those who did not choose to "return to Russia" were given the options to either flee, be tortured and murdered or shut the fuck up and pretend".

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 9d

Ridiculous and appalling that Open Ai, amongst other GenAi companies, think they can dictate how THEY use OUR works.

No, Open Ai, it should not be authors and copyright holders opting out of your exploitative models. It should be you, Open Ai, asking authors and copyright holders to opt IN.

OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reports

OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material, unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

www.reuters.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9d

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Lee Ferguson (MALICENT BLACK is live on Kickstarter NOW!) @leeferguson.bsky.social · 12d

Just sharing this around again … our next campaign launches soon, and we’ll have some limited original art tiers and other cool things, so if you wanna be notified when we go live…

Lee Ferguson (MALICENT BLACK is live on Kickstarter NOW!) @leeferguson.bsky.social · 14d

The prelaunch page for our upcoming Kickstarter for the second issue of MALICENT BLACK is now live!

Come sign up to be notified of the launch, and please share this link with friends who are into sci-fi horror and planets where it rains blood. 😈

www.kickstarter.com/projects/211...

Coming soon: MALICENT BLACK: MUNDICIDE

MALICENT BLACK RETURNS! Not long after the events of the previous issue, Mal finds herself on a sentient planet...

www.kickstarter.com

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 11d

Right now, Freddy Church should be starting ahead of Salah

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 11d

Someone needs to say it... Mo isn't meriting an automatic full 90 and hasn't for a while.

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 12d

I want them to cut taxes but spend more on health, education etc. Plus, I want my wages to go up and inflation to come down.
Also, I want cheese that reduces my cholesterol....

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 14d

He's one of the very best working in the industry today.

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 15d

The only "autism problem" is the one of how autistic people can be protected from dangerous, eugenics-curious grifters and fuckwits.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 16d

Imagine both sidesing this

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Ellen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 18d

If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example.

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Hannah Pumpkins 🎃 🍂 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 20d

The idea that the combined MMR is dangerous but separately the vaccines are fine was created out of whole cloth by Andrew Wakefield, a disgraced former doctor who had a patent on a non-combined version of the MMR. We've known his research was bunk for almost 30 years.

Kristin, but Haunted @hrm-kristin-i.gay · 20d

We are ruled by malicious conspiracy theorists

CNN headline

BREAKING NEWS
CDC advisers vote to recommend against combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for young children

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 22d

I think that was Mark Buckingham but not 100% sure. I was a bit further North in Yate.

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 22d

Congrats. Looks amazing. Will watch!!!

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 23d

It feels like the page has turned on that kind of caution, though. There is nothing happening which indicates that these people intend to ever be at the mercy of laws again.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23d

The primary aim must be getting the govt off X. This offers the possibility of a cascade effect taking journalists etc off it. We need to seperate the national debate from the extremism engine.

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 24d

Handibal.

sorry

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 25d

It's amazing that we search for the seeds of fascism everywhere without ever considering that is might be something to do with the fascists.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 25d

Loath though he is to alienate floating racists, perhaps Starmer could rouse himself to condemn a violent fascist rally teeming with people who want him overthrown and/or killed

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 25d

It seems like I am far from alone. I applaud them for trying to do something about the scalper problem but it seems to have been not entirely successful.
Can't we go back to buying tickets from ticket offices?

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Gary Frank @1moregaryfrank.bsky.social · 26d

The way he hides the pain so completely you'd almost think he didn't give a toss... The man is a rock!

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