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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

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.

buff.ly

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Richard Pace @rpace.bsky.social · 19h

Just don't share A.I. slop of any sort. I've seen a wave of Sora shit on various social media platforms.
A.I. is destructive on too many levels to ever encourage anyone to use it, and sharing or liking is encouragement.
Complicity in the destruction of our planet and humanity.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 9h

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 9h

Everyone is 12 years old now

mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 16h

>not a veteran
>wall full of challenge coins

Kash Patel wearing the corniest Christmas camo punisher skull sweatshirt with his own podcast advertised on the sleeve, wearing his own merch hat too and another behind him, in front of an American flag challenge coin holder that also contains stickers for his podcast

buster bluth in fatigues with arms full of stuffed animals. "these are my awards, mother. from army."

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Ariana Serpentine @arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 12h

It’s International Lesbian Day and I am an International Lesbian.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 18h

luck <3

Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 1d

"So you just think you're special and the rules don't apply to you, huh?" yes <3

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 1d

Individually, I won't be satisfied with anything less than general license. I recognize that it would be a bad way to run a society if we did that for everybody, but maybe we make one exception just for me because am cute and special

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 1d

Years ago, a subscription drive was what resulted in my epic livetweet of Clavell's "Shogun." Now, I'm doing it again. 100 subs (12 more than what I have now) at buff.ly/R3YnYhq and I will livepost my read of Christopher Nicole's "Lord of the Golden Fan," which was Shogun before Shogun.

Lord of the Golden Fan by Christopher Nicole

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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 2d

You can now be banned for "Being disruptive to other users" yeah thats definitely going to be enforced consistently

Part of links suspension email outlining you cant be disruptive to other users

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all will just say whatever bullshit, huh

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

Like, whatever sign you were waiting for before you started taking this shit serious, here ya go bud.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours

The shooting occurred Saturday in Brighton Park when federal patrols were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security, which has yet to be verified. In the p...

www.wbez.org

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 2d

The Border Patrol tried to assassinate a lady in Chicago and the official statement from DHS more or less amounts to "Yeah we did try to kill that lady for being mean to us online and if you're mean to us online we'll try to kill you too." That's where we're at.

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

Start telling people to fuck off. Cultivate it as a virtue. Practice saying "Oh, fuck off" and "Oh, kiss my ass" and "Buddy, if you don't shut the fuck up right now then we're gonna have us a goddamn problem" to yourself in the mirror until they feel natural.

Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that it's considered indefensible to say things like "That doesn't make any goddamn sense" or "That's some fake shit you read on the internet and you're a jackass" in a professional setting is imo a major contributing factor in the current mess. We're Emperor's New Clothes-ing right to hell

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

Civility and decorum are cudgels crafted in order to make demonstrably bad ideas easier to defend

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that it's considered indefensible to say things like "That doesn't make any goddamn sense" or "That's some fake shit you read on the internet and you're a jackass" in a professional setting is imo a major contributing factor in the current mess. We're Emperor's New Clothes-ing right to hell

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Ariana Serpentine @arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 3d

This is hard to watch and worth finishing

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Hausu M.D. 🎥👺📼🍉🖤 @suspiraserhead.bsky.social · 3d

The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4d

I know we’re resigned after so many years of it but for real, social media giving high-ranking elected government officials the ability to harass individual private citizens by name for an audience of millions as a recreational pastime is actually Caligula shit if you think about it

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 4d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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Anthony Lake (30 y/o, Bi Pride, 🔞, 🍉, ACAB, BLM, LGBTQ+) @tonison.bsky.social · 5d

And apparently make blocklists like this without any consequence whatsoever. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Natalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 5d

Basically, anyone who refers to themself as a "system architect" on purpose is necessarily a self-important blowhard. Don't listen to such people.

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mx. sheevious 🏳️‍🌈 @sheev.calamitousintent.com · 5d

it's definitely gettin to be about that time

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 5d

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 6d

your core users are people who have already demonstrated a willingness to abandon a more popular social media site for another, in the most part for disliking the politics of the people who run it. write this on a big whiteboard somewhere in the office

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