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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 1d

a major problem I think when the entire thesis of your product is, "what if you could quickly, easily, and cheaply make something for no obvious reason?" If you didn't have any of those things, your potential userbase would be much smaller!

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Who is going to pay for all this slop?

Sora 2 Has a Huge Financial Problem

How will OpenAI stop Sora 2 from burning through cash as users generate countless resource-intensive AI videos?

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 1d

Students' lives shattered as top universities sued over unaccredited courses: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-08/university-course-accreditation-class-action/105820008

Students' lives shattered as top universities sued over unaccredited courses

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

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Katie Freund @katiedigc.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like it might actually pull it off this year!

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · 1d

Associate Professor Nick Cheesman summed up the rebellion for the ABC, “The Vice-Chancellor would not have had to resign but for the increasingly organised revolt against ANU management by thousands of academics and their pupils.”

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End to forced redundancies at ANU shows power of fighting campaign – Solidarity Online

After a year-long campaign, interim Vice-Chancellor Rebekah Brown has announced an end to forced redundancies under management’s drastic restructuring scheme, Renew ANU.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Cyberlyra @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 3d

If you're not familiar with @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy's work here is a great primer. Who broke the internet and why. From capitalism to surveillance to AI and the broligarchy... it's a #TrueStory Time to fight back.
Join the resistance #optout #reclaimtech
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art

E. Perkins 🎃 @hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social · 3d

Oh crap, it's back at #1 in movies again today on Netflix too. That's awesome!

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Francis Markham @francismarkham.bsky.social · 4d

an elegant weapon for a more civilized age

Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 6d

Hampster Dance

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d

i made this meme which is better than the article:

trade meme. open ai receives: total sum of creative output from all humanity, $500 billion valuation
you receive: polluted internet, polluted world, collapse of society and nature of truth, no jobs, can put your face in my slop app

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Dr. Fangirl, PhD (Chrisha) @drfangirlphd.bsky.social · 9d

🚨🌈READING RAINBOW IS BACK WITH MYCHAL THE LIBRARIAN AAAAAAHHHHHHHH I AM SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF US!!!!!🌈🚨

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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jenny marie @olderthanyesterday.bsky.social · 9d

This is actually true and accurate and valuable advice. I’m glad my relationship with my espresso machine recovered.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 9d

"Remove the machine from the box. Carefully. You want to make a good first impression. Use a firm, yet gentle grip to establish trust. Too weak a grip, and your high-end Italian espresso machine will never respect you."

Instructions for Your High-End Italian Espresso Machine

Welcome to your new high-end Italian espresso machine. Or should we say buongiorno? Yes, we should. Your espresso machine only speaks Italian. To g...

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 9d

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 11d

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-

A simple sign on a building in upstate New York that that reads “Books & Cake”

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11d

Karl Marx: "Criticism has plucked the imaginary pumpkin spice lattes on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but so that he shall throw off the chain and drink the living pumpkin spice latte."

Critical Theories of the Pumpkin Spice Latte

Traditional Literary Criticism D. H. Lawrence: “Criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the pum...

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 19d

A drawing of a hedgehog sitting next to a tree and knitting a long scarf. The caption reads, "doing what i can to reduce overwhelm today"

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · 12d

““It really never should have come to this … consult with workers before you do [things].

“[The ANU needs] to have more awareness of the human cost of the executive’s prerogative.”

Ian Prager

region.com.au/federal-work...

Federal work health and safety regulator begins probe into ANU | Region Canberra

CONTENT WARNING: This article references self-harm and suicide. The Federal work health and safety regulator has launched an investigation into…

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Micah @rincewind.run · 16d

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 17d

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14d

"What does student success have to do with faculty success? Everything. If you think about it, faculty success is just student success, but with 'faculty' in place of 'student.'"

Our Faculty Success Initiative Redefines Everything You Thought You Knew About “Faculty” and “Success”

Thank you, everyone, for completing the Faculty Success Survey. During these challenging times, we understand that many of you are feeling great st...

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Exhausted archaeologist-exhausteologist @hknorton.bsky.social · 15d

This is my favorite fucking holiday article.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16d

IT IS TIME.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16d

IT IS TIME.

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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Nat Osborne she/her @drnatosborne.bsky.social · 16d

Any higher ed workers have a good clause in your EA you could share? One that gave you a bit of leverage where needed, that improved conditions, or gave staff more say over change management or workload? I am helping run some log of claims meetings this week and would love some examples to share