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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8d

If your business model requires theft perhaps you should be charged with crimes.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 8d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8d

Why not just ask people for permission?

Oh what’s that? You don’t think enough people would consent? So you’re just going to steal their livelihoods to get rich and hope they never notice?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 8d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8d

AI fans always seem puzzled why some people have a revulsion to AI and one issue is the people in charge of AI are repulsive

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8d

why not opt-in? just ask permission first

if this is truly a positive feature then surely copyright holders will be happy to participate and have their work included if asked

just ask permission first

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 8d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 15d

A guy on tik tok onside kicks into random things

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 16d

"The lack of affordable housing and available jobs is contributing to broader economic immobility."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 17d

An absolute clown show.

Avoiding chaos like this is one of the many reasons a for *not* having EOs be the normal method of legislating or regulating. You really want more careful review than “Steve Miller doodled it on a napkin and Trump signed it with a sharpie.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump administration tries to tamp down panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul

The president announced Friday that H-1B visas will now come with a $100,000 annual fee, but a U.S. official said it will only apply to new visa applicants.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18d

One thing that's absolutely f---ing unbearable on this site is that if you dare to point out that Trump is not actually successfully oppressing all of us on every conceivable front, that not *all* is irretrievably lost, a parade of doomers materializes to denounce you. It's counterproductive. Stop.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18d

As corrupt and appalling as the ouster of this career prosecutor for refusing to prosecute Trump's enemies truly is, I strongly encourage folks to also understand this as evidence that Trump's authoritarian designs are facing serious institutional resistance:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 18d

A disorienting moment: Trump is consolidating autocratic power in areas where there's an easy path to do so. But in other areas he's facing deep institutional resistance and people are refusing to abandon the rule of law. Here he's weak and failing.

Thoughts on that:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18d

Go fash, lose cash

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 18d

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24d

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 24d

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 27d

This is unreal

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27d

This is why you don't hire podcast hosts to lead the FBI. Complete amateur hour over there and it could lead to a murderer getting away.

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Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social · Sep 5

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sharing my new column for the evening crowd. New Orleans & Detroit are two of our greatest cities, & have so much to tell us in 2025, if we're willing to listen & to fight for them & the American story they help us remember. @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · Sep 1

So for my new @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History column, the relationship between the Big Easy & Motor City. From the Great Migration & the evolution of American music to challenges, crises, & resurgence, tracing our story from NOLA to Detroit! 🗃️

www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/09/cons...

Considering History: Tracing the Story of America from New Orleans to Detroit | The Saturday Evening Post

The interconnection between two of our great but endangered historic cities also exemplifies a multilayered American story, one with a lot to tell us in 2025.

www.saturdayeveningpost.com

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Gareth @garethw1.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · Aug 22

Major League Baseball: riding high with a range of compelling and recognizable stars, better pace of games, and increased viewership and interest
MLB ownership: lets do a new tv deal and shoot ourselves in the dick.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · Aug 19

Somehow, we're already celebrating The Downballot's first anniversary today! It's been *quite* the year, and our fiercely loyal readers have made it all possible.

We're also marking the occasion with a special 25% off sale! If you haven't upgraded yet, check out all the perks you'll unlock →→

Morning Digest: The Downballot rings in its first anniversary today!

We're celebrating with a special 25% off sale for our readers

www.the-downballot.com

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · Aug 14

📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · Aug 10

Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 7

interesting how some tech bros claim college is overrated and people should drop out but “Ph.D level” is a marker of expertise

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 7

OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”

OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’

OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.

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Brian Kelly @briankellyrh.bsky.social · Aug 7

As someone who lives with an actual PhD - rather than one of Sam Altman’s robot pals - I do not believe or his legions of boosters are terribly familiar with what it feels like to talk to a PhD-level expert in any topic.

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Chelsea Cristene Bock @chelseacristene.bsky.social · Aug 5

As a writing teacher, I don’t believe any of the below to be acceptable uses because of how frequently GenAI misleads and hallucinates. Also, summaries happen AFTER reading and during discussion of the work with the teacher and classmates. This is how we build inductive reasoning skills.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Appendix on an AI policy is actually quite bad. Having an AI deliver a summary before reading has major implications in terms of the experience of student learning. What we want students to do and how they do it is the question. The experience of reading is not the same as reading a summary.

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Brian Kelly @briankellyrh.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ask your little AI friend how Labour's polling, you defeatist clanker-loving numpty.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Aug 5

The assumption that generative AI could be a "valuable partner" is unevidenced and the example activity is critical thinking work that could better be done in the absence of AI. It's thinking of something you COULD do with AI. Rather than what students SHOULD do to learn.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Aug 3

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine

How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

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