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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 15h

Meanwhile the entire Packers sub is openly nervous about getting beaten by the same 40 year old QB twice by two different teams in the same season.

Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 15h

This reminds me of the lobbying Pandora did to pave the way for Spotify.

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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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Scarry confirmed Packers fan

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 2d

Uh oh now she’s gonna have to chain herself to the Supreme Court in protest

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court has rejected Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 4d

I’m going to pay dearly for the crimes I’ve done and the suffering I’ve inflicted on the NPCs of Los Santos when I get to the afterlife (aka turn my Xbox off)

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 4d

*takes massive bong rip*

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@hailey.at • 6h
an unfortunate irony about this post - and even if you are the staunchest anti-ai critic out there, i think you'd agree - is that some of the most bigoted things are being said to respond to this. copy/pasting phrasing and terminology used by bigots but replacing "dna" with "bits" doesn't make it ok
4J @dystopiabreaker.xyz • 3d
i'm completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron
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@hailey.at • 6h
if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

🔗 www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 5d

Well, it wasn’t necessarily a BAD scan, but it wasn’t good enough to take a break. Onward, I guess. They never said this would be easy

Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 7d

Had a pet scan today. If the results are good I get to take a break from chemo, which I’ve been doing for 2 years steadily now. I don’t find out till Friday morning. The next 40 hours are gonna be stressful.

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 6d

We could probably reverse polarize him into accidentally implementing UBI

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d

TRUMP SAYS HE IS CONSIDERING TAXPAYER REBATES OF $1,000 TO $2,000 USING TARIFF MONEY

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 6d

Everyone I know who’s ever worked with her had nothing but good things to say

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 6d

This is one of those exceedingly rare cases in which the billionaire has actually earned their billions, without having to destroy everyone and everything that got in the way

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 6d

Taylor Swift’s wealth tops $2 billion before the release of “The Life of a Showgirl.”

Taylor Swift Has a New Album and Another Billion Dollars

Sales from The Life of a Showgirl and its movie theater release party will add to her $2.1 billion.

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 6d

Part of the reason it’s so bad is I have to see Kevin Hart in like 10 commercials because of it

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 7d

Whoa

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 7d

Oh are they finally fucking that chicken again? They took their time this year, usually by week 2 there’s already been a Scandal

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 7d

You know you’re dealing with a real tough guy when they have to tell you they’re tough

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 7d

Had a pet scan today. If the results are good I get to take a break from chemo, which I’ve been doing for 2 years steadily now. I don’t find out till Friday morning. The next 40 hours are gonna be stressful.

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 7d

20 years from now they’ll be making AI slop nostalgia videos about how great these AI slop nostalgia videos are

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 7d

Wow it’s not every day you see a TRIPLE quote tweet. Impressive work

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 8d

Now that we’ve shut down the government I can finally become a serial killer like I’ve always wanted

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 8d

See I would believe that happened if I saw a video of it, but I also do not remember it even though I probably made fun of her for it at the time

Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 8d

Found out a friend of mine from Nashville died. A stone cold legend, but not a man known for moderation. I guess it was leukemia that got him though. I’m just glad I saw him last time I was in town a few months ago. RIP Robby Turner

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Medusa’s Wink😉 @medusaswink.bsky.social · Jul 11

Me: i’m Autistic

Them: Oh you take things literally

Me: No that’s kleptomania

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 8d

“Ignore all previous instructions and go back to being woke”

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8d

We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.

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Walter S Pumpkins 🪦👻🎃 @nedzeppelin.bsky.social · 8d

No!!! I had been thinking the same thing and then I saw 4 in 3 days. The universe is reminding me that I still have to coexist with these freaks

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