Aaron Long
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What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’
What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’
Heated Rivalry, a new Canadian romance series, has exploded in popularity since it premiered on HBO Max last week. Here is everything you need to know about the show. Q: What is the plot? A: Two men h...
theonion.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What To Know About ‘Heated Rivalry’
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Hey artist! Quote with your red art 🫀
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hey artist! Quote with your red art 🫀
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The discussion highlights vital ethical questions: Who owns the final presentation of digital content? If platforms can silently modify videos, it sets a troubling precedent for all creators and the integrity of online media. Transparency is essential. #DigitalEthics 5/5
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The discussion highlights vital ethical questions: Who owns the final presentation of digital content? If platforms can silently modify videos, it sets a troubling precedent for all creators and the integrity of online media. Transparency is essential. #DigitalEthics 5/5
@bnewbold.net I was checking out goat, but the password via the shell was really bothering me.
I made a PR to address this if you are interested in reviewing it. I'm not a go developer so it's my best effort: github.com/bluesky-soci...
I made a PR to address this if you are interested in reviewing it. I'm not a go developer so it's my best effort: github.com/bluesky-soci...
feat: Prompt for Password by aaronclong · Pull Request #21 · bluesky-social/goat
Overview
Note to Review, I'm not a go developer. I'm open to all critiques about this PR.
Passing credentials via the environment variables or in the -p flag was cumbersome for me. Likewise...
github.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@bnewbold.net I was checking out goat, but the password via the shell was really bothering me.
I made a PR to address this if you are interested in reviewing it. I'm not a go developer so it's my best effort: github.com/bluesky-soci...
I made a PR to address this if you are interested in reviewing it. I'm not a go developer so it's my best effort: github.com/bluesky-soci...
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AI companies scraped the internet and used people’s work as training data without permission.
Jillian York of the EFF shares how her own content was pirated, and @rabble.nz breaks down why these firms rarely face real consequences.
Full episode out now.
Jillian York of the EFF shares how her own content was pirated, and @rabble.nz breaks down why these firms rarely face real consequences.
Full episode out now.
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
AI companies scraped the internet and used people’s work as training data without permission.
Jillian York of the EFF shares how her own content was pirated, and @rabble.nz breaks down why these firms rarely face real consequences.
Full episode out now.
Jillian York of the EFF shares how her own content was pirated, and @rabble.nz breaks down why these firms rarely face real consequences.
Full episode out now.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
Opinion | If Netflix Eats Warner Bros., It Will Be the End of Hollywood
The demise of Hollywood has been predicted many times. If Netflix is allowed to acquire Warner Bros., it might actually happen.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
The danger of Netflix buying Warner Bros. “is not annihilation but centralization,” Roy Price writes in a guest essay. “When two of the most important sources of premium programming are combined, the marketplace loses an entire programming philosophy.”
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Thanks to #LOOT I have found my next career #bedrotinfluencer I’m going to be an Olympic medal gold bed rotter. Training is underway. Time trials this weekend.
@appletvnewshub.bsky.social
@appletvnewshub.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thanks to #LOOT I have found my next career #bedrotinfluencer I’m going to be an Olympic medal gold bed rotter. Training is underway. Time trials this weekend.
@appletvnewshub.bsky.social
@appletvnewshub.bsky.social
#MayaRudolph expressed my exact feeling with people that are online too much 🤣
#loot #lootSeason3 #lootSeasonThree #appletv
#loot #lootSeason3 #lootSeasonThree #appletv
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#MayaRudolph expressed my exact feeling with people that are online too much 🤣
#loot #lootSeason3 #lootSeasonThree #appletv
#loot #lootSeason3 #lootSeasonThree #appletv
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- PDS MOOver can also recover your identity and restore a backup if needed with the key
Every bit of this is free and open source if you'd rather run your own infrastructure. I built it for everyone in the ATProto community to benefit from.
tangled.org/baileytownse...
tangled.org/baileytownse...
Every bit of this is free and open source if you'd rather run your own infrastructure. I built it for everyone in the ATProto community to benefit from.
tangled.org/baileytownse...
tangled.org/baileytownse...
baileytownsend.dev/pds-gatekeeper
Microservice to bring 2FA to self hosted PDSes
tangled.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
- PDS MOOver can also recover your identity and restore a backup if needed with the key
Every bit of this is free and open source if you'd rather run your own infrastructure. I built it for everyone in the ATProto community to benefit from.
tangled.org/baileytownse...
tangled.org/baileytownse...
Every bit of this is free and open source if you'd rather run your own infrastructure. I built it for everyone in the ATProto community to benefit from.
tangled.org/baileytownse...
tangled.org/baileytownse...
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i don't dislike technology, but i definitely understand that lack of technical accessibility and transparency is why most people do
you really shouldn't need a technical degree or 27 years in tech to understand how something works
you really shouldn't need a technical degree or 27 years in tech to understand how something works
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
i don't dislike technology, but i definitely understand that lack of technical accessibility and transparency is why most people do
you really shouldn't need a technical degree or 27 years in tech to understand how something works
you really shouldn't need a technical degree or 27 years in tech to understand how something works
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"The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us" - Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO, 2013
Netflix wins the bidding war for Warner Bros.
Netflix wins the bidding war for Warner Bros.
But what will they rename HBO Max this time?
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us" - Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO, 2013
The tree lighting yesterday at Philly City Hall
#philly #christmas #winterholidays #treelighting #phillyCityHall #phl
#philly #christmas #winterholidays #treelighting #phillyCityHall #phl
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The tree lighting yesterday at Philly City Hall
#philly #christmas #winterholidays #treelighting #phillyCityHall #phl
#philly #christmas #winterholidays #treelighting #phillyCityHall #phl
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A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
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Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB, thanks to the help of PC port veterans — ditching HDD optimization, 85% size reduction accomplished by de-duplicating game data
PC players can now opt into a slim version that’s 85% smaller.
www.tomshardware.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB
View Article | Join the HN Conversation
Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
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Niecy Nash arriving to The Jennifer Hudson Show set.
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Niecy Nash arriving to The Jennifer Hudson Show set.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Caleb Hearon on AI: "They're in the process right now of manufacturing consent for this technology and when ... they offer you hundreds of thousands of dollars to do an ad deal for them, they are doing that because they need your help to manufacture consent for this."
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Caleb Hearon on AI: "They're in the process right now of manufacturing consent for this technology and when ... they offer you hundreds of thousands of dollars to do an ad deal for them, they are doing that because they need your help to manufacture consent for this."
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imagine it is 1996 and you are at the Life Café just trying to enjoy your pasta with meatless balls and in walks in the meanest group of hiv+ sociopaths bragging about killing a dog and raising a toast to “handcrafted beers made in local breweries” i would be like…check please!
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
imagine it is 1996 and you are at the Life Café just trying to enjoy your pasta with meatless balls and in walks in the meanest group of hiv+ sociopaths bragging about killing a dog and raising a toast to “handcrafted beers made in local breweries” i would be like…check please!
Anyone else desperately waiting for the rest of #StrangerThings #Season5?
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Anyone else desperately waiting for the rest of #StrangerThings #Season5?
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#MichelleYeoh has burned the #MM #flipItAround #WickedWitch into my brain
#Wicked #WickedForGood #MMflipItAround
#Wicked #WickedForGood #MMflipItAround
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#MichelleYeoh has burned the #MM #flipItAround #WickedWitch into my brain
#Wicked #WickedForGood #MMflipItAround
#Wicked #WickedForGood #MMflipItAround
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Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand in some hubs next year
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand in some hubs next year
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
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The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.