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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

All anyone wanted to do with OpenAI's new Sora 2 app was make clips of copyrighted characters. Now they can't, they're pissed. Literally what is the point of this app www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

www.404media.co

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19h

Still I'm sure it'll be fine. It's not like those expectations are based on a completely unproven product with deranged costs and hysterical levels of hype.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 19h

BANK OF ENGLAND FPC: RISK OF A SHARP MARKET CORRECTION HAS INCREASED || EQUITY MARKETS ARE PARTICULARLY EXPOSED SHOULD EXPECTATIONS AROUND AI BECOME LESS OPTIMISTIC

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

Europeans getting another lesson in how Trump always moves the goal posts.

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 1d

If you're not angry yet you're not paying attention.

UBS fund holds 30% exposure linked to First Brands

Switzerland’s largest bank has multiple investments tied to bankrupt auto parts maker

on.ft.com

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 2d

Everything I have learned about [insert name of far-right US media pundit], I have learned entirely against my will.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 1d

This whole thread is absolutely peak Bluesky. Dear Americans, not everything is about you.

NYCNAFOFELLA. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇷🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 Militant Centrist, Bill Maher aligned @nycnafofella.bsky.social · 2d

Announcing this on a board where Americans are in the fight of their lives against a fascist takeover may be a pointer....

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 2d

Tja.

Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · Sep 5

Das ist unterdessen krankhaft arrogant. Wenn der Front National bald die Macht übernimmt, dann weil Macron ihnen den blauweissroten Teppich ausgerollt hat.

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 5d

Mind the pearly gate, dear. ♥️

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Annemarie Bridy @annemariebridy.bsky.social · 6d

A rarely-seen-in-the-wild collective action solution. Not one news org signed on to the Pentagon’s new restrictions on journalists. Now, the policy is being ‘revised.’

Let’s see if any elite universities are watching…

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 7d

If you are following the story of The Pentagon's new policy, nicknamed, "you must check with us before you dream of doing any journalism," you may enjoy this update from @status.news

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 7d

if you're writing a letter and want coverage, my advice is to forget the letter. find a reporter, go on the record, explain the issue, bring some kind of supporting material or data with you, and then offer them an exclusive. you can put your letter online and make them link to it.

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Dominique Eigenmann @eigenmanndominique.bsky.social · 7d

Nicht nur die Schweiz, auch die EU habe in den Zollverhandlungen mit Donald Trump alles falsch gemacht, glauben viele. Die junge französische Ökonomin Agathe Demarais widerspricht. Und sagt, was Europa von den Trumponomics als nächstes droht. (€) www.tagesanzeiger.ch/trump-zoelle...

«Die Schweiz sollte es wie die EU halten: ruhig bleiben – und nicht zurückschlagen»

Nicht nur die Schweiz, auch die EU habe in den Verhandlungen mit Donald Trump alles falsch gemacht, glauben viele. Die Ökonomin Agathe Demarais widerspricht.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 7d

Authors have to worry about quoting one line of a song lyric in a book but this is apparently fine

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 8d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 8d

To the Hague, Seth.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 9d

"The immersion in the filmic, the celluloid of US politics is so complete that there is a line about Jon Bon Jovi performing for [Harris] and it being a good omen, because he performed for a candidate who won in The West Wing."

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik

This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Oliver Fuchs @olifox.bsky.social · 9d

Die MM des GVZ zur Annahme der nPKV ist da!

Eine Email mit dem schönen Betreff: "MM des GVZ zur Annahme der nPKV"

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 9d

"...suggesting that the tech industry is selling a still-hypothetical future rather than delivering a real one"

this is how a vibes economy works

tante @tante.cc · 9d

Things I had not expected to see today: Deutsche Bank making a numbers based argument that "AI" is a bubble and won't last https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/deutsche-bank-grim-warning-ai-industry

Deutsche Bank Issues Grim Warning for AI Industry

Deutsche Bank is warning that AI spending won't "remain parabolic," or continue to increase exponentially, a dire warning for the future.

futurism.com

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Oliver Das Gupta @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social · 9d

#Moldau #Putin

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10d

Looks like Putin's attempt to bully Moldova has failed. With 90% of votes counted, the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has a 20 point lead over the Russian-funded Patriotic Bloc open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

Has Russia lost Moldova?

Why the bitterly contested election in a "faraway country, between people of whom we know nothing", matters a lot

open.substack.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 10d

In honor of Eric Adams dropping out, I'm now resharing my all-time favorite bit of Eric Adams content

for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive

enjoy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...

Sen. Eric Adams: Combating Gun Violence

YouTube video by New York Daily News

www.youtube.com

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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 11d

ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave.

The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values."

www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12d

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

A woman saying “spending on AI is at epic levels. Will it ever pay off?” And a man opening a calendar to a picture of the smiling man Ed Zitron

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