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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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Information Retrieval Researcher ✊🏽🍉🕊️ | Pronouns: He/him Homepage: https://bhaskar-mitra.github.io/
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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · Jul 17
A personal update.
Why I am leaving big tech…
After spending almost two decades in big tech, I was notified last month that I am being laid off.There have been massive waves of layoffs across the industry recently, and I am just one of the many t...
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 12h
"Chicago isnt licking boots! No Trump no ICE no troops!"
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Cynthia 🐈 @cynthia.dev · 13d
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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16h
the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d
how did we get here?
What 'n Tarnation 🤠🏛️ @watn_tarnation · Oct 3 LMAO Gavin Newsom has personal beef with Benjamin Netanyahu Cen @DsmpUncensored · Oct 3 The gasp I guspéd at the end 😭 "Bibi" is Benjamin Netanyahu Speaking are Gavin Newsom (Governor of California) and … [Video thumbnail — 0:38] 8 💬 13 🔁 275 ❤️ 13K 👁️ Ryan Radia @RyanRadia · Oct 3 Wait, is the Governor of California actually discussing his relationship with the Prime Minister of Israel on a livestream while playing Fortnite with a Twitch streamer who goes by ConnorEatsPants? 6 💬 2 🔁 103 ❤️ 3.1K 👁️ Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice yes 10:30 PM · Oct 3, 2025 · 7,802 Views 11 💬 8 🔁 213 ❤️ 4 📎 https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1974301139962298478
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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 19h
Apparently this was Portland last night. Gosh I love my home away from home. ❤️
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yogabapentin.bsky.social
Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d
Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing
Claude AI logo Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h
There are many people who criticize and even attack the Israeli government who aren’t criticizing or attacking Jews.

Candace Owens is not one of those people.

When she says “Israel,” she means “Jews.”
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 21h
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h
Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h
This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 21h
The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.
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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 1d
Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d
Here’s video of the incident
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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 20h
If you haven't been paying attention to the Palestine Action protest arrests in the UK, you may not realize how truly absurd things have become.

Here's a good example: You can be arrested for holding up a magazine because its cover shows the sign, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."
Pro-Palestine protester arrested for holding up magazine at train station
A man has been arrested for holding up a magazine cover amid pro-Palestine protests in London.
www.thenational.scot
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h
I don't think most people understand what we're facing. Not really.
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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d
I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)
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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 1d
Anyone expecting the lifelong banker to do anything other than what's best for Billionaires was not thinking clearly.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 1d
Who knew that Carney would capitulate to Trump 🙋🏾‍♀️
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1d
My exact expression as I watch liberal folks who insisted Gavin Newsom was our next best chance for a president and that his issues with trans people were overstated.

No, no... Don't go silent now. I want to hear how this fits in your savior narrative. Entertain me.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d
A lot of you don’t understand why he’s called Homelander, it turns out bsky.app/profile/just...
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Justin Stanley @justindstanley.com · 2d
a close up of a man 's face in front of a star wars logo
ALT: a close up of a man 's face in front of a star wars logo
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Ryusui @theryusui.bsky.social · 2d
saying again: Obama and Biden are architects of the present moment as much as Dubya and Trump 1.0

Dubya built ICE but the Democrats had TWELVE YEARS to tear it down only to decide institutional cruelty to nonwhites was an important project to uphold

"but muh bipartisanship!" fuck both of them
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d
When the Orwellian named Dept of Homeland Security was created … MANY of us predicted that it would eventually be doing all the things that it is doing right now

Pinning it uniquely on Trump really misses the point in a bunch of ways
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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 2d
a sticker outside that says LABUBU ANTIFASCIST ACTION LOVE LABUBUS • HATE FASCISM
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carrion🐛 @carrion.bsky.social · 2d
the wise admins of bluesky have decided that creating a moderation list of AI slop posters is a no no
Hi there, Your Bluesky account (@carrion.bsky.social) has created a list called "Al Slop Posters" that may violate our Community Guidelines. We've temporarily hidden this list from other users because it contains one or more of these issues. - Harmful language such as insults or slurs - Unverified claims - Appears intended to shame or abuse users
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 2d
wait hold up a minute

the problem is that they are "burning through compute costs with no offsetting revenue"

and the "potential solution" is "sharing some of this revenue"

they aren't making any money....but the solution is that they're going to share it?
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 2d
i think we are going to find out at some point these guys invented cocaine 2 and have been on it all along
Buried in Altman's post is the real story: "People are generating much more than we expected per user," using massive compute resources on content that's often being generated for very small audiences (it is, after all, a social media app). OpenAl will "have to somehow make money for video generation," Altman wrote. Translation: Sora is burning through compute costs with no offsetting revenue. Altman floated a potential solution: "We are going to try sharing some of this revenue with rightsholders who want their characters generated by users." The idea-perhaps similar to You Tube's ad-monetization program for videos that include copyrighted material -would give studios a financial incentive to opt in. "The exact model will take some trial and error to figure out," Altman acknowledged, "but we plan to start very soon."
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 2d
All those statements of user centrality, composable moderation, and safety for marginalized users on this platform, that’s all a bunch of bullshit, right?

They could restore Link’s account tomorrow and Jay and company would still be a bunch of transphobic, racist hypocrites.
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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 2d
Bernie's staff would be well to pay attention to actual research on this topic, and the historical record on automation, rather than buying into the tech industry's hype in their marketing and paper-shaped objects.
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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 2d
As we wrote in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: "workers are being displaced by AI in the workplace, but that displacement... is a market-oriented move by firms to brag about becoming AI-first, while finding cost-savings by laying off employees."

www.techpolicy.press/dont-be-fool...
Don't Be Fooled By Trump's Plan To 'Upskill' Workers To Prepare For AI | TechPolicy.Press
The future of work does not require an unquestioning acceptance and embrace of AI, write DAIR's Alex Hanna, Tina Park, and Sophie Song.
www.techpolicy.press
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