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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 11h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 6h

This sucks.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 21h

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 10h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 10h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Natalie Portman with a shaved head in the film V for Vendetta, which is a movie not real life, gazes at the masked anarchist revolutionary V, who again, is not real life but based on a comic book character.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 11h

WATCH: "People at a deep level understand that what they are seeing in Chicago is wrong. They know that they are free citizens of a free country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the backlash to Trump's takeover in Chicago.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 10h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Michael Pusateri @cruftbox.com · 10h

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 13h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Noah J. Nelson, Immersonaut Prime @noahjnelson.com · 11h

How DARE they hold a Canadian citizen no one has ever met like this!

Does Mark Carney know?

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 14h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 19h

in the Bible it says to help people only if they have papers and a Cigna plan

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Noah J. Nelson, Immersonaut Prime @noahjnelson.com · 1d

LFG.

DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans can casually ignore precedent, so can Democrats.

Speaker Johnson has no right to stop duly elected representatives from taking office.

Call a press conference on the capitol steps, and swear in Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva - NOW.

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DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans can casually ignore precedent, so can Democrats.

Speaker Johnson has no right to stop duly elected representatives from taking office.

Call a press conference on the capitol steps, and swear in Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva - NOW.

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 1d

Same 🙏

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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Noah J. Nelson, Immersonaut Prime @noahjnelson.com · 1d

If you’re on a new PDS (or whatever they’re called) I can see you and it still has your dot net username.

Let us know where you went! I just might move my stuff there.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

(phone rings)
Kash: “FBI Director Patel who’s this?”
Bongino: “Boss, it’s me”
Kash: “Buddy I texted you 2 hours ago”
Bongino: “I know I know, but about it’s the Earhart case, I just cracked it wide open”
Kash: “What do you mean Bongo?”
Bongino: “I got her. I got her here with me right now!”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Noah J. Nelson, Immersonaut Prime @noahjnelson.com · 1d

I saw that on Reddit and was like: WHAT THE FUCK?

I’m glad I have an allergic reaction to streamers as a whole.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 1d

Ever misread verification code as vilification code?

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Noah J. Nelson, Immersonaut Prime @noahjnelson.com · 1d

An America with Universal Health Care is an America where medical industry ad dollars are scarce.

Health Insurance ads? Gone.

Hospital Group ads? Buh-bye.

Maybe, maybe some prescription drug ads left, but with profit margins down down count on it.

Explains the media environment, don’t it?

Rep. Steven Woodrow @woodrowforco.bsky.social · 1d

The media’s job is to make you think that the people who want to give you healthcare are just as crazy as the people trying to take it away.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of "illegal" or "unconstitutional," it's "tradition bucking."

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

fwiw, if Hive wanted to train its genAI models on images posted to Bluesky it could just point it at the firehose, everything on here is public. There is literally no reason to sneak in and pretend to be doing moderation if that's the goal

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely not dementia.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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