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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 2h

"German authorities registered approximately 3,200 right-wing extremist-motivated crimes committed by people up to the age of 24 in 2020. Last year, the number was more than double, at over 7,100....most of these crimes were committed by male adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17."

Omas gegen Rechts Wetterau @ogrwetterau2017.bsky.social · 2h

www.fr.de/politik/rech...
AfD wirkt. Ihre Dominanz in den sozialen Netzwerken zeigt dieses Ergebnis.

Rechtsextreme Straftaten junger Menschen nehmen stark zu

Die Behörden registrieren mehr als doppelt so viele rechtsextreme Delikte junger Menschen wie noch 2020. Die Bundesregierung sieht neue Gruppierungen und soziale Medien als Treiber.

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 14h

Can I give you 30 minutes on the intricacies of Japanese business meetings?

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 14h

There are a lot of unhappy people working in anime and manga these days. Between corporate overlords, time crunches, and the state of new material, a lot of the fun has been sucked out of the job for many.

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 16h

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

Alt: a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 19h

Good. It should die. It should die screaming.

Fuck AI, and fuck Nick Clegg. Fucking prick.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 2d

I saw some bags around when I went, so I'd say so?

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry.

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BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 2d

Zelda has been sounding the alarm on the dangers of AI for YEARS, long before the technology got to where it is now, because she's:

1) brilliant (go watch Lisa Frankenstein).
2) ridiculously smart.
3) experienced first-hand how fucking WEIRD people are about her Dad.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 3d

I actually thought our silly corrupt society might balk at the mistreatment of - gasp - a celebrity, people we bafflingly revere above all others. I’m genuinely chilled that Greta Thunberg’s mistreatment is sliding alongside everything else.
I thought we were better/worse than this.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 3d

When doing nonfiction, you CANNOT fuck shit up. You have *one* chance - if you fuck it up, you can irreparably ruin "common knowledge" by introducing new misconceptions and errors that get picked up and disseminated via YouTube, TikTok, and other sources.

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 3d

Why did Muffy--

ALISON

--miss the show?

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Elliot Page 🥐⛵🚀 @elliotpage.bsky.social · 3d

The "AI industry" as currently constructed is simply another instance of the rolling series of large-scale grifts that have grown out of and captured the capital-bloated tech sector.
Cryptocurrency, Web3, NFTs, now this.
It now seeks exit liquidity, hence the obnoxious push.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3d

You're 100% not fighting fascism on substack. I don't care what you think you're doing. But it's not that

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3d

just adding to the "you should get off substack" chorus of users y'all have been ignoring.

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4d

I only have a second rn but: For the uninitiated, Zeteo is a new media company, a startup from former msnbc host Mehdi Hasan. One of my rolling stone editors and I came over to help scale up the political reporting / scoops operations. It is, in my humble opinion, one of the most exciting news…

Windypundit @windypundit.com · 4d

I like your work, but what the heck is Zeteo? Would you mind taking a few minutes to sell us on it? Who’s running it? What are they trying to do? Why is it so great?

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 6d

Got this as well before cutting off that family member. Hugs.

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 6d

There were people dropping digi to vhs or dvd at that point as computers still couldn’t be trusted to play newer formats, esp with batshit karaoke rendering.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 6d

Swear to God, if I got caught trolling my readers and customers like this, I'd be out of business in a fucking month.

What drives a CEO to be *so* dismissive of their users with legitimate concerns about a known bad actor on your platform that they'd respond with outright trolling two days running?

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 6d

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles

Waffle with berries & powdered sugar on floral plate

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 6d

While it feels like the internet has no redeeming qualities. I would say that pick your own seating when buying tickets is a massive net gain - especially when I can still get a live map 15 minutes before the start and move to a better and barely sold block.

Ticketmaster and Eventim still blow.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 6d

This story is Exhibit A as to why you need senior editorial staff with a sense of history

The fight for masters ownership has been public for generations. From Prince in '92 to Def Leppard re-recording their library in 2012, to Frank Sinatra founding Reprise in 1965

Good senior ed would catch that

NPR @npr.org · 7d

Taylor Swift turned masters ownership from a behind-the-scenes conversation into a mainstream debate about artist autonomy. But how has that fight influenced other artists in the music industry?

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 7d

@pocky469.bsky.social Better late than never, look who‘s been on my shelf for years. I had him on my desk at Viewster too.

„Hope“ Hahaha

A plush toy of German legend Bernd das Brot.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 7d

The whole world agrees that Israel and the US are committing a genocide. Now Palestinians are being asked to accept a deal that gives the US and Israel full control with no guarantees of peace. Israel has broken the ceasefire in Lebanon hundreds of times and attacked 6 countries in 2 yrs.

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exedore @exedore.bsky.social · 9d

Didn’t he do this post months ago?

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psipsy @psipsy.bsky.social · 9d

For centuries, across generations, we made amazing progress in improving energy efficiency in every aspect of our lives.

In the span of a few years, we nullified that progress for worthless shitcoins and AI that can't tell the difference between its ass and a hole in the ground.

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