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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 1m

i got so hopeful that he stripped off all his clothes and walked into the woods, never to be seen again, but no, it's much dumber than that.

🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 15m

always knew this guy was a massive fuckin dweeb

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 22h

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 17m

i've been so tired lately from all the running around, i'm finally back in a quieter time, but the side effect seems to be i wake up feeling like i have a massive hangover every day and It Stinks, it dissipates fast, but man. i do not feel rested as of late.

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 26m

if you really need proof that google is evil look no further than the fact that google calendar doesn't have bulk actions.

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Hans, Faffing 🐺🐕‍🦺 @hansfaffing.bsky.social · 8d

Opening up emergency commissions!!! Will create an emergency for any budget!!!
Do you need a fire? I’ll bring matches over EZ!! Need to be confronted at your office for a lie you told?? Just cover the leather jacket!! Earthquake?? I can shake your chair out of zoom call view for 20 bucks!

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 14h

isn’t writing a haiku about your cat supposed to be one of the most pure pleasures of being a human? what is the point of having a haiku about your cat if you don’t write it yourself?

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 15h

as a die-hard tron enthusiast, other than the soundtrack record i already purchased, this new movie will not being a cent of my fucking money. fuck disney and fuck their tacky AI generated posters and tron-skinned tesla robots at the premiere, fuck this, fuck this so hard.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 15h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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heathcliff, but frog @hopcliff.heathcliff.cat · 16h

hands up if you are a true bug and suck sap from plants

Shivaphis celti, the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, also known as Shivaphis (Shivaphis) celti, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.

Pictured is schivapis celti, a small white bug that looks like a speck of lint, sitting on a leaf

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nekodeko @nekodoiko.bsky.social · Feb 24

🇺🇸 #UnitedStates
coyote

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 22h

velvetshark.com/ai-company-l... it's buttholes all the way down

Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?

A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t...

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 23h

they're really getting fucking dangerous. i love that people aren't driving cars but they're whipping around the city without any protective gear on on these silent fat tire bikes going 45 mph unlicensed, sometimes riding on the sidewalks, it's fucking wild

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 1d

no really what is going on here

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

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Kian @canineblood.bsky.social · 1d

Reverse therian

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 1d

wiener dog…

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foxdotGIF @foxdotgif.io · 1d

Da fishy plane @bangaroo.likes.fish

Airplanes.gov.uk @planeyboys.bsky.social · 1d

Just after planes emerged from da oceans

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 1d

air plane

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 2d

I am pretty sure the bot problem on Bluesky has gotten as bad as twitter in the last few months. These can’t be real reply guys.

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 2d

sunrise flight!

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 2d

Mr balloon hands here

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 2d

the fuck is going on on this site

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 2d

I have a plan.

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 2d

i refuse to give up but it does make the entire process so much more fucking annoying

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🐟 bangaroo the fish appreciator 🐠 @bangaroo.likes.fish · 2d

this is making this a lot more expensive and time consuming and i will not get to do a solo or anything for a very long time. i was previously on track to have a license by early next year at latest. i dunno. i'll push through and make this work. i want it bad. but this sucks shit.

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