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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 1d

niðurstaðan: því miður ekki til hjá costco. það eina sem kemur nálægt því er supermalt.

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 1d

það er hugsanlega til í costco; skal gá þegar ég mætt í vinnuni á morgun og læt þig vita!

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Gavin Newsom fucking sucks, part MCXVII

he still has until the end of the week for the rest of the bills so unfortunately it’s time to suck it up, call his office, and politely ask this living hairpiece to do the bare minimum to protect the most vulnerable among us

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 1d

there's an episode of star trek tng ("the outcast") that features a gender nonconforming character pressured into conversion. it is depicted as an oppressive, horrific act, "despite" being safe, painless and effective. the episode was critically acclaimed. it aired in 1992

i think about that a lot

The Dreaded Abighoul @popeguilty.bsky.social · 1d

Conversion therapy could be safe, painless, and perfectly effective, and it would still be monstrous beyond measure and unforgivable

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

I need people to stop referring to conversion "therapy" as something that's been discredited or doesn't work. That's like saying torture is "discredited" or doesn't work. That they don't work for their stated purpose is secondary to the fact that they DO work for their REAL purpose:

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 1d

A bill that basically allows teachers to acknowledge that trans people exist is too spicy for this nazi fluffer

Republicans latched onto the legislation as an example of "gender ideology" at work in state government, with the Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R) demanding Newsom veto it.
The bill promotes the "theory that reproductive anatomy does not necessarily determine a person's gender," Jones wrote in a message to Newsom.
"For third grade students the framework states,"
'When
providing instruction on sexual and reproductive organs, teachers can introduce the concept that gender does not always match the sexual and reproductive organs described," Jones said.
"Teaching controversial gender theories to students as young as eight or nine years old is not a practice that most Californians support, nor want to see happening in our schools."

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

i just found out he said this would "replace god" about this shit and almost spat out my tangsuyuk

01-10-2024 DESIGN
Avi Schiffmann's Tab Al necklace has raised $1.9 million
to replace God
Schiffmann describes his anticipated wearable Al as a superpower Tamagotchi.

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 2d

We are under siege by an army of Paul Blarts that all think they are Judge Dredds

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 2d

maybe Jack was right about bluesky repeating the same mistakes as Twitter

Worst Person You Know Made a Great Point meme guy

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 2d

it's such blatant retaliatory bullshit that you can't even blame this on the team employing some dodgy ai tool for moderation. just mean spirited pettiness all around

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The Dreaded Abighoul @popeguilty.bsky.social · 2d

this happening in quick succession with Link challenging Jay on racism and immediately getting banned for a weeks old Charlie Kirk tweet is extremely obvious! They're not as slick as they think they are!

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 2d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 2d

"bank managers don't think about bank fraud"

[laughs in icelandic]

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 2d

Was posting a waffle the next day to double down on mocking the entire user base disruptive to other users or what?

Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 2d

You can now be banned for "Being disruptive to other users" yeah thats definitely going to be enforced consistently

Part of links suspension email outlining you cant be disruptive to other users

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2d

YOU CAN'T WISH HARM ON A MAN WHO IS DEAD 💀 YOU CAN'T THREATEN VIOLENCE ON A MAN WHO IS DEAD 💀 YOU CAN'T INCITE SELF HARM ON A MAN WHO IS DEAD 💀 YOU CANNOT DISRESPECT A MAN WHO IS 💀 DEAD 💀 IT IS NOT NOW AND HAS NEVER BEEN ILLEGAL TO POST A REACT MEME OF A MAN 💀 WHO IS 💀 DEAD

From the Bsky email to Link about why he is now permanently banned:

Bluesky Account Behavior
Hi there,
A Bluesky account you control
(@spacelawshitpost.me) posted: A reply with an image; alt text reads: 'Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says "Freedom" A negative consequence follows! This post violates our Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Threats of violence or physical harm: This includes threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public.
Incitement of self-harm or suicide: Content that encourages self-harm or suicide.
Wishes of harm: Expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group. In addition, users may not use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others. All users must be treated with respect.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 2d

Link's relentless boosting and fostering of mutual aid has literally kept people alive during crises. Banning him for calling out bigotry — and because of brittle egos — is vile.

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 2d

Link has always been a positive plus for Bluesky.

Let's be crystal clear the reason for his ban is goalpost moving because the CEO didn't like being called out for racism and bigotry.

That's it. That's literally it.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

199 years after the last one, way to string along your fanbase, Ms. Shelley

Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 4d

She hath risen.

“Mary Shelley has released a new title!”

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 3d

my favorite thing about craft singles is that when folded in quarters, they're the perfect size for saltines

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 3d

turning 30 may make you feel as though you have to stop entertaining your more frivolous interests and start getting more serious. ignore this. growing up is fake and no one knows what they're doing, keep joy in your life

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 3d

they hate septum piercings because you need to be at least 18 to get one

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dalía 🍉 @deliciouswitch.bsky.social · 3d

i wanna get a septum piercing specifically to make people who believe in "septum theory" avoid me

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Andie Sophia 💛🤍💜🖤 @andiesophia.is · 3d

when i lived there a friend of mine once drunkenly dove into the inner harbor for a laugh. he was in there for like a minute. next day he broke out in a nasty rash that lasted for like two weeks

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