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manic pixie dream boy the real avi bagla. was @avibagla on twitter doing whatever i can he/him

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 6

Can Bluesky say every word in the dictionary?
I dunno but I plan to find out!

I made a website that tracks every single word said on bluesky (as of yesterday).

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · 12d

with the help of @tristanl.ee, the bluesky dictionary has now been updated to include ALL used english words on bluesky!

we’re 82% of the way to full dictionary usage!! POST POST POST

www.avibagla.com/blueskydictionary

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · 13d

pressure works!

Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/t...

Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry

www.nytimes.com

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · 15d

i choked. what?!?

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 18d

It would be fucking amazing if folks gave their cancelled Disney+, WaPo, etc money to worker owned media! Those couple of dollars would make a genuinely huge difference to us. www.coyotemedia.org

COYOTE

Independent journalism with a bite!

www.coyotemedia.org

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19d

this is completely false. the "unanimous" vote consisted of one person, Rick Scott, voting. The chamber was entirely empty except for him and Tommy Tuberville, & both of them had to be prompted as to how to execute the vote:

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · 20d

well then damn, i guess it’ll be another mia sato hit about how robot ai umps diminish the charm of the last old school sport

avi bagla @avibagla.com · 20d

it took me a full minute to realize this was actually about baseball and not another precursor to a verge piece

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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 22d

I’m Not a Robot, a game about solving CAPTCHAs, is out now!

good luck :)

> neal.fun/not-a-robot/

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24d

Yes, Charlie Kirk called for Joe Biden’s execution. But he called for it in the right way.

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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · Sep 7

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Sep 6

The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Sep 6

paul i’m working on my next bluesky project after this one - what do i gotta do to make it a bluesky sponsored project 👀

avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 29

a tale of two social media director jobs, a fork in the road. Duolingo.. Or Two Faced Cuomo? You have a choice

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Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · Aug 26

In case you missed it last night, I dug into Will Smith's "fake AI crowd" video. Nearly everyone got this wrong, and the evidence was easy to find… if you're sick enough to watch everything Will Smith posted on social media in the last four months.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · Aug 26

You may have seen this story blowing up about Will Smith using AI to generate fake audiences to promote his latest tour, but the truth is more complicated. The audiences are real, but the footage was manipulated: first by Will Smith's team and then, without permission, by YouTube itself.

Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines - Waxy.org

Will Smith is being accused of generating fake fans with AI, but it's complicated: the crowds are real, but the videos were manipulated by Smith's team and YouTube itself.

waxy.org

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 27

billion not trillion*

avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 27

over a trillion words processed, and still at 56.22%! I wonder how long it will take to get to 60%

www.avibagla.com/blueskydicti...

a screenshot of the bluesky dictionary, with over 1 million words seen

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today I'm so honored to earn the endorsement of @drichardsqns.bsky.social, who fights for the world's borough every day.

We recently rode the Q4 in Jamaica, one of the five bus lines made free in our fare free bus pilot. Ridership jumped 30%, and everyone's commute got a little bit easier.

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 15

i don’t use chatgpt as my therapist, i do it the old fashioned way - storing it deep down internally until it yearns a for freedom

avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 13

an array of english words on npm!

avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 13

we made it to 50% - thanks for the extra push @andy.baio.net! one week in, we're halfway there. it's going to take much longer for the next 50, but i'm excited to let it run

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 13

160 words away from 50%!! we can do it tonight folks!

www.avibagla.com/blueskydicti...

a screenshot of the bluesky dictionary at 49.94% coverage

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Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · Aug 12

Less than 1,170 words to go until @avibagla.com's Bluesky tracker has indexed half of the English dictionary. Slip an obscure word or two from the unseen list into your posts today to help it along! www.avibagla.com/blueskydicti...

The Bluesky Dictionary

Can Bluesky say every word in the English language? Well this is your chance to find out.

www.avibagla.com

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 12

evincement

avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 12

almost at 50%!!! man this is so fun. also with nearly 300m words seen since last tuesday

If we get to 50% today, my prediction of a week comes true

#blueskydictionary

a screenshot of the bluesky dictionary at 49.49% coverage

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 11

well, long time dream come true - featured in @theverge.com for bluesky dictionary (in my favorite newsletter no less)! thanks @jaypeters.net!

avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 10

hate gpt5? use my competitor, chatgpe, which only responds with the letter e

www.avibagla.com/chatgpe