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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1h

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 4h

oh don't start, you know what i mean

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 5h

"the consumer does not care if what they're looking at is AI." depends on the "consumer," bro. a lot of parents love rolling around in AI slop on Facebook, so I guess if you're only interested in making movies for Gen X and boomers, that logic tracks.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 5h

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 1d

the Taylor Swift backlash is actually impressive when you consider

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 2d

was rewatching Alex Garland’s Civil War last night and i gotta say, the vibes are immaculately realistic. maybe the most inaccurate part is how all the journalists are allowed to do their jobs

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 2d

i miss the Bone Temple

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

The US is deporting a journalist today

Mario Guevara was live streaming ICE atrocities

They grabbed him

Detained him for 100 Days and are sending him to El Salvador without letting him say goodbye to his family

The ACLU confirmed he was working in the US legally

They’re attacking the free press

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 5d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 5d

This needs to be shared everywhere. A sitting alderperson from the city of Chicago kidnapped by ICE for advocating for a hospital patient.
She was merely asking questions about what was happening to the patient.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 5d

this is how i find out mac tonight is a nazi mascot wtf

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 5d

Shout out to @eyesontheright.bsky.social for spotting this white supremacist meme on the DHS Twitter last night.

I followed up and DHS responded with more memes. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-inc...

DHS Includes ‘White Supremacist’ Meme in Video Promoting Deportation Blitz

A video posted on X by the Department of Homeland Security included...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 5d

public domain horror movie about the Lucky Charms leprechaun

Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein in the new Netflix series Monster: The Ed Gein Story

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 5d

"it commits the cardinal sin of heterosexuality: Don’t ever tell a man he’s stacked *and* his podcast is good. This line may singlehandedly fast-track the downfall of civilization."

www.vulture.com/article/tayl...

I Didn’t Need to Know All of That About Travis Kelce

On Taylor Swift’s “Wood.”

www.vulture.com

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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 5d

This may be as close as we’ll ever get to an official confirmation

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

www.theverge.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 5d

Bari leading CBS News is v bad in all kinds of ways, but what makes it even more galling is that I know so many fine reporters, editors & critics afraid of being fired, w/ a precarious income at best, out of the field or out of work. More thoughts on that general trend www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 5d

i’m not convinced this isn’t H*rry Kn*wles writing under a pseudonym

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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 5d

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 6d

if you’ve ever even quietly thought “i would just move,” now’s your chance to pony up and make that possible for not just someone but three someones.

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 6d

A few Houston trans scene people I know are fundraising to leave Texas, just thought I'd boost their GFM with my platform.

Donate to help 3 trans people fleeing texas, organized by brooke caimonte

Texas has gotten scarier and scarier for trans people and especially trans women and… brooke caimonte needs your support for help 3 trans people fleeing texas

www.gofundme.com

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 6d

anyway as i was saying about Lilith Fair and building a coalition of women

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

Paramount is about to pay $150 million for this

New article from The Free Press

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

“Not everyone is happy about this gorgeous innovation,” writes Tyler Cowen.

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.
By Tyler Cowen
10.02.25

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 6d

just watched the Lilith Fair doc and it’s never been clearer to me that we need a new socio-political movement: Women. that’s it, that’s the concept.

“what about…?” yes.

“but…” WHO CARES

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 6d

i bet Tim Robinson has a good Stephen Miller

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 6d

They zip tied little kids together, shoved their guns in the face of a Black American grandma who came out in her nightgown, and destroyed building property with chainsaws.

The Ronin @the-ronin.bsky.social · 6d

“They Took Everyone”: ICE Raids 75th Street Apartment, Detains Migrants and U.S. Citizens Alike

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 6d

this is like when shitty parents spank their kids and say "if you cry i'll just do it harder"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Rep. Carlos Gimenez defends Trump's racist AI videos: "You're gonna see more of these things happen, and so people need to develop a little bit thicker skin ... if you complain about it you're just going to get more of it"

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 6d

covid day 6: somehow, still bad! this morning i googled "covid symptoms how long"

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.

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