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Feral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 20m

The thing about 'making up half of it' is that ONE KNOWS ONE'S MADE IT UP - & one DID THE CREATIVE WORK to make it up.
People using LLMs mostly don't know & haven't done those things.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 7h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · 6h

Harrisburg boiled over into a mess of acrimonious finger pointing as three months of frustration from fruitless closed door talks burst into public view as the budget impasse hit the 100 days mark Wednesday.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10...

PA budget impasse hits 100 days as Democrats pass $50.3B plan

PA Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman said Wednesday’s actions took negotiations over the late budget “steps backward.”

www.spotlightpa.org

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🎃Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @drwambsgans.bsky.social · 4h

This is art.

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 9h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳…” @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 8h

2009 -2016 Twitter >>>>>>>>>>

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h

A beautiful love letter to independent journalism, and hope.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 7h

I'm so mad.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 7h

This is an A+ skeet.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h

John Fetterman, ladies and gentlemen

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Lauowolf @lauowolf.bsky.social · 7h

Fetterman is a problem
This one still wouldn't have passed, but eventually it will matter

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Jill BSky @jilles.bsky.social · 8h

PA! Heads up!

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 8h

Wouldn't it be nice if we could talk about how crappy education is instead of our government threatening to carry out extrajudicial killings of citizens?

YOU CAN’T DETERMINE INCHES OF RAIN FROM A SIMPLE NUMERICAL PATTERN.

Josh wrote the number of days that it rained in each month. How many days did it rain in July?

April - 21
May - 19
June - 17
July - (poorly written 15)

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 9h

x dot com is an extremism recruitment device

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

i fuckin’ knew it

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 10h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 9h

We won't know who is in Antifa until the administration releases a deck of playing cards with their pictures on them.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 9h

I can check!

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 10h

Things he's learned: Why your funny bone hurts when you hit it, how alcohol gets you drunk, how alcohol makes you blackout, how vaccines prevent diseases, and something about salmonella.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 13h

Last week, we learned that Jack Posobiec has been residing in Maryland since 2017 with his wife while continuing to vote in Pennsylvania.

This week, he's sitting at a White House roundtable despite likely having committed voter fraud.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 13h

My kid has discovered TED Talks.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 13h

At what point are the load-bearing lies unable to further bear the load?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe not, but it could be why he's not getting pushback for doing something that will make recruiting harder and thin out the ranks.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 17h

This is making me wonder if the crackdown on appearance, facial hair, etc in the military is also an ICE recruiting effort.

Feral T. Robot, Oil Swamp Utility Bot #7629 @feralrobots.bsky.social · 17h

Guys like John Heubert are gonna be a huge problem.

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 3d

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18h

ICYMI: You're not alone if you're having trouble finding a Covid shot for your child.

A lot of factors are at play. Access through the Vaccines for Children program should open up now that the acting CDC director finally approved the CDC vaccine panel's recommendations, but other barriers remain.

Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall

www.nytimes.com

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 21h

If the economy could be represented by a giant dashboard of lights, they'd all be flashing red

soybean farmers are panicking over loss of Chinese buyers, declare possible 'bloodbath'

Trump assault on wind projects hits red states hardest

businesses that depend on government contracts are already feeling the pain of the shutdown

no official jobs numbers during shutdown means Wall Street is turning to alternative measures -- and they show the situation is bad

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

I was completely unprepared for the threat posed by the Antifa super soldiers.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 23h

I've been applying to positions for the past month. I think I sent out more resumes in 4 weeks than I did during the entire Grear Recession. The job market is kinda wild.

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