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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · May 9

you got that money you owe me?

A chicken sitting on the hood of a car in a parking lot at night. Shot from inside the car

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Nicole Saltesi @nacl.sh · 4d

very frustrating that no one understands this is what i actually believe. i think it's bad for your brain to get used to treating a machine as your personal servant. i think blurring the line between how you talk to a tool and the words you use for a person is a terrible process to engage in.

Prescriptivism Must Die! @mgrammar.bsky.social · 4d

Well, that's a compelling reason to stop using LLMs, then. What benefits do we get from them that outweigh the loss of our humanity that they lead us into?

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

Tbh Sad Boyz podcast already covered the AI slurs situation back in September. Bluesky late

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 4d

“Hating a computer program is racism” is such a funny belief to talk yourself into.

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Alison @alimasin.bsky.social · 3d

anyone else just feel like this is their perpetual mood these days

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

I hate being angry. Id take getting pissed on if it meant I could pour out all this rage like a teapot. Healing piss

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

If signing up is as simple as pressing a button than so should cancellation. I deleted my account after the hastle I had to go thru with one of these cancelings. These companies are desperate

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

Also I have had two more needlessly annoying experiences canceling other subscriptions. I swear Im not signing up for anything ever again that isn't clear and easy about how to opt out. If I see One reddit thread asking how to cancel a subscription, the company is sketchy af

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

Idk why we're even fussing at a Republican for not recognizing fascim. Clowncar probably waves at cops smh

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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 4d

the unaccountability of local police was the seedbed for national fascism you idiots

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 4d

Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah TOM, they're NOBODIES. That means when they recieve death threats, threats to their jobs, threats agaisnt their families, Nobody cares. They have little protection or defense. Ppl are being disappeared off the fucking street, but its just a bunch of nobodies, so everybody chill! Asshole.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

No one actually knows who they are, and I’m going to bet that over the 10 years I’ve had more death threats, attempts to fire me, and threats against my family than all of your friends put together.

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MariWho @mariwho.bsky.social · 4d

We're out of salt - and milk, bread, veggies - and almost out of TP 👀👀👀 Looking for a short term loan, I can pay back on the 20th - up to $100 - or anything helps donation wise or shares. Paypal is maridblair at gmail dot com. Love to you all ❤️

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

The fact cowardly shitheads like Tom Nichols even have a job in a prominenet paper is proof we're under fascism. Anyone with any intent to speak truth to power is already ousted. Says we're not under fascism unless ppl are hiding, then claims those vulnerable ppl are complying with fasicm smh. Evil

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

The very definition of complying in advance

Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 3d

Fun fact: I have a number of friends & colleagues who are erasing their social media accounts & keeping their heads down

I know others who will no longer travel internationally

Just because the fascists have not yet consolidated power does not mean that we are not living under fascism

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 3d

immigrants are absolutely deleting their socials. multiple reporters have said they've never seen such a climate of fear getting commentary from sources

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 4d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

What about all the ppl threatened because they said something honest about Charlie Kirk?? People are afraid their citizenship could be revoked. There absolutely are ppl withholding their opinions because they could be targeted next. Get a clue.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 4d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

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Kis he/him (on vacation) @blow-me-a-kis.bsky.social · 3d

Blocked and reported 👍🏾

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Timere @nontimeretenebrous.bsky.social · 3d

Heads up, everyone!
There is a scammer impersonating our beloved Mari
@mariwho.bsky.social

They replied to my inquiry for PayPal confirmation with a link to their own and might try it elsewhere.

Don't fall for them!
Report and block.

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 3d

if you care about comic book sales, then understand that you need to care about the public library before any other outlet

Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 3d

Selling a graphic novel to one library is worth more than selling to ten individual people

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g.na #FreeŁink @gina.bzky.team · 3d

Bad Bunny delivering his first SNL monologue a year ago, where he got the closed captions to change from [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] to [SPEAKING A SEXIER LANGUAGE]

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Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch @skywitches.net · 4d

The far right literally have handbooks on how to use performative irony to radicalise their target recruits

Be sincere, be kind.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 4d

it's a well known and observable phenomenon that if you play act or ironically perform bigotry, eventually you just start doing the bigoted shit

so it's generally not good to do that, even if it's parody

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Ada @adamakes.games · 4d

We've gotta start filing these AI doomers as conspiracists, on about the same level as climate deniers and antivax because what is this cope.

"No, we *have* to destroy the planet sooner because it might enslave us"

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molly 🍄🌿 @lilachysteria.bsky.social · 4d

white people find it so easy to believe in fantasy worlds where android bigotry is real but somehow never believe that real-world systemic racism is happening. i guess the latter forces them to reckon with the roles they might play in it.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 4d

We’re on a speedrun to bluesky banning anti ai hate speech but leaving anti trans hate speech awesome

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