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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 13h

If anyone’s struggled to keep up with my threads on why the genAI bubble
Is a bubble, here’s a simplified pictorial explanation, the plug is OpenAI and the sockets are Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD

A power strip with the plug end plugged in to one of the sockets

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Kingbooooo @kingbooooo.bsky.social · 10h

If you, like me, have no desire to upgrade to Windows 11 but Microsoft is rattling their metaphorical "no more protections for YOU!" saber,

Enroll in extended security updates. Took me less than five minutes for both devices.

Do it before October 14!!!!!

windowsforum.com/threads/how-...

How to Enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Before Support Ends

As the end of official support for Windows 10 approaches on October 14, 2025, many users are seeking ways to maintain their system's security without transitioning to Windows 11. Microsoft's Extended ...

windowsforum.com

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James Benton @jamesbenton.bsky.social · 12h

How has someone been so famous and so talented and larger than life for so long, and still seemingly so normal. It is like she was born fully formed to be a star and also happy being a waitress at Waffle House.

She also wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day!

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap, y’all. mRNA tech not only cures (some) cancer. It might cure (some) vision loss. What’s next? Weight loss? Gray hair? Abolishing reality TV?

Golden Age of Science right now. And some folks want to kill it stone dead.

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

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Spooky Thing at a Distance @gottalottacats.bsky.social · 3d

PLEASE HELP! We had 7 cats and a dog and they've all been placed except 2 cats. We're moving to senior housing and CANNOT bring them. Will someone in East Texas please foster them while we keep looking? We'll send you cat litter and cat food. They're neutered and vaccinated. They're good cats!

A tabby cat named Lala rubbing her face on an older man's beard. They are both very happy

A black kitty named Spy Cat with beautiful yellow eyes.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

Social media sites where people in the US get their news from:

Facebook 38%
YouTube 35%
Instagram 20%
TikTok 20%
X 12%
Reddit 9%
Nextdoor 6%
WhatsApp 5%
Threads 3%
Rumble 2%
Truth Social 2%
Bluesky 2%

Source: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Spooky Thing at a Distance @gottalottacats.bsky.social · 2d

The tots though, are you sharing the tots?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized.

We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon.

She issued that order

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reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 8d

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

a frog holds itself upright while poking its upper body out of a manhole cover set in a pavement or road

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Spooky Thing at a Distance @gottalottacats.bsky.social · 3d

Spy is very affectionate and soft, she will love all over you unprovoked. Lala is happy anywhere, especially in a box. They both like dogs. East Texas, Dallas, Arklatex, West Louisiana, Southeast Texas, Tyler, we'll bring them to you and you only need to keep them until we find them a home. Please!!

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Spooky Thing at a Distance @gottalottacats.bsky.social · 3d

PLEASE HELP! We had 7 cats and a dog and they've all been placed except 2 cats. We're moving to senior housing and CANNOT bring them. Will someone in East Texas please foster them while we keep looking? We'll send you cat litter and cat food. They're neutered and vaccinated. They're good cats!

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Spooky Thing at a Distance @gottalottacats.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so sorry, I wish I could help.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

I once again beg all y'all not to screencrap nonsense from the former Twitter and bring it here to dunk on it, that's like inviting a vampire in to tell them their fangs look stupid, maybe you're right but they're still going to fucking eat you

(also "screencrap" was a legit typo but I left it in)

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 3d

This post shows up for me flagged as rude. I know some people think it's impolite to remind them that proportionately, most of the lives saved by vaccines are those of children; it's also true. Vaccinations save children. If you care about them, fight FOR vaccination, not AGAINST abortion.

Treyf Posting 🤌 @postingtreyf.bsky.social · Jul 17

There’s a section in my shul’s cemetery that’s just babies, toddlers, and littles. The most recent died less than 100 years ago. If you love your kids, vaccinate them.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 4d

had to stop the car to scoop this massive trundler off the road and out of danger

got to be the biggest woolybear i've ever seen

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

We Have at least 70? years of science fiction exploring this proposition and all reaching the same conclusions as Josie.

Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 3d

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 4d

I do not understand how anyone could possibly support Israel

mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 4d

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others."

she was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy."

when you're definitely the good guys

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass Pumpkin King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 4d

When one of these dingdongs tells you you're wrong for hating AI, consider that you might not hate it enough. Lean into it. Find new ways to hate

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𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 @sugarkat.bsky.social · 4d

Why is it that whenever I have an idle thought of a potential deeply corrupt reason why something is being done by this administration then dismiss it as me going full Conspiracy Theory nuts, my idle thoughts are correct?

Just seems awfully convenient that the gangs always live together in buildings new investors want to

YouTube video by Under The Desk News

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Brittany @britnychole.bsky.social · 5d

I love your work #hannibal #hanniballecter #hannibalnbc

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